diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
index c2fba8c4..4f018054 100644
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ skip_commits:
   files:
     - .travis.yml
     - .gitlab-ci.yml
+    - azure-pipelines.yml
 
 init:
   - ps: Update-AppveyorBuild -Version "build-$env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_NUMBER-$($env:APPVEYOR_REPO_COMMIT.substring(0,7))"
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6f0a5cdb..c31f0a10 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     changes:
       - .appveyor.yml
       - .travis.yml
+      - azure-pipelines.yml
   before_script:
     - REPOSITORY="$PWD" && cd ..
     - apt-get update && apt-get install -y dpkg-dev wget g++ gcc libncurses5-dev libreadline-dev libssl-dev make zlib1g-dev git file
diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9d91f304
--- /dev/null
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+pool:
+  vmImage: 'Ubuntu 16.04'
+  
+variables:
+  CPACK_GENERATOR: DEB
+
+steps:
+- checkout: self  
+  submodules: recursive
+
+- script: |
+    sudo apt -y install cmake gcc g++ libncurses5-dev libreadline-dev libssl-dev make zlib1g-dev
+    ./configure
+    make package -C tmp -j $(nproc || sysctl -n hw.ncpu || echo 4)
+    .ci/appveyor-deb-install-test.sh
+  displayName: 'Ubuntu 16.04'
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 9e16fb09..50af363c 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ if [ -z ${OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR} ]; then
 	fi
 fi
 
-if [ -x "$(command -v rpm)" ]; then
+if [ ! -z ${CPACK_GENERATOR+x} ]; then
+	echo "CPACK_GENERATOR is set, CPack will generate ${CPACK_GENERATOR} packages."
+	CMAKE_FLAGS="-DCPACK_GENERATOR=${CPACK_GENERATOR} ${CMAKE_FLAGS}"
+elif [ -x "$(command -v rpm)" ]; then
 	echo "'rpm' executable found, CPack will generate RPM packages."
 	CMAKE_FLAGS="-DCPACK_GENERATOR='RPM' ${CMAKE_FLAGS}"
 else